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Well, I don't think this is necessarily a highlight of the Johto saga, but I do believe that for filler standards, this episode was much more stronger and had a overall better plot. I also think they introduced Houndour perfectly and that also makes this episode strong.

Since there were like only 6 Houndour Ash could of caught the whole pack. They could of been a smaller Johto version of his Tauros herd. It was obvious they all liked him at the end.

Yeah. xD That would have been good. I always thought he should have caught one of them, but whatever. I always think it'd be interesting to see Ash training a Dark Type Pokemon. It's so against his personality. xD

This episode was not bad because Delvil had a good debut by showing its Dark type common trait of stealing things just like the move Dorobou/ Thief in the games. Finally Nyarth did succeed to steal the food from Joy san although eventually Delvil stole from them.

I cackled a bit at Team Rocket resorting to stealing food, as well as Ash and friends boiling hot dogs to lure out the mystery food thieves. The Houndour pack appearing out of the bushes with glowing red eyes was creepy and I was surprised that they actually stood their ground and battled Ash and friends. The Houndour licking Ash was cute though.

When I saw this one, I thought Ash was going to catch Houndour. Cool episode, great filler. I think the ill Houndour justified the other Houndour stealing food. 10/10.

Completely agreed. When I look at this episode, I still feel that it would've been awesome if Ash caught a Houndour instead of Cyndaquil. They could've introduced Macey earlier and better establish her as a rival with the Cyndaquil-line, or give it to Brock, like they punished Mudkip.

*Ash told Totodile that it would look like that once he fully evolved in the Sumo Episode.

Originally Posted by 32er

I wish Ash caught Houndour, but yeah.
This was one of the highlights of Johto imo.
7.5/10

Agreed. For the filler-fest that people often criticize Johto of being, there are a lot of which I have very fond memories. In fact, this may be my favorite episode of the entire series, tied with March of the Exeggutor Squad.

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Team Rocket's plan to steal Joy's groceries was fun and I thought that the pack of wild Houndours was really brave when they fought Ash's group's pokemon. I liked when the Houndours licked Ash's face. :3

Lol, so Nurse Joy put down her groceries to get ice cream and she's surprised when they get stolen? I'm actually surprised that Ash didn't get that Houndour. It challenged him personally, you'd think he would have caught it. :x

I liked Satoshi's distraught expression when the pack of wild Delvil stole his backpack, and I liked how the Rocket-dan stole from Joi's grocery bag. I also enjoyed how tenacious the Delvil pack was when they got lured in with the cooked hot dogs, and it was fitting that Joi would treat the injured Delvil in the end.

Great Houndour episode. Few funny moments, especially with Team Rocket. Them fighting over ham for lunch and then having their butts on fire. They should have known they were no match for a pack of five Houdour. Great on Ash to get the leader's trust and help the young and sick Houndour to recover.

Few funny moments, especially with Team Rocket. Them fighting over ham for lunch and then having their butts on fire.

I actually felt bad for the Rocket-dan. They were starving in this episode, so I couldn't fault them for stealing groceries from Joi. And although the pack of wild Delvil here was hungry as well, I thought that the Rocket-dan trio suffered more while those wild Delvil were given a rather generic sob story to garner sympathy.